Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-12-16

a re Kennel earth, the hallelujah OF untallen
angels, song after song rising about the
throne of God and of the Lamb. in that
pu e, high place, let him hear US. Stopl
harps OF heaven, that our poor cry may he
heard
Again, in order to have right heart it
must be Il forsiviug heart. An old writer
says: ITO renier good for evil is God like;
good for good is man like; evil for good devil
Ike" Which Of thsss natures have we!
Christ will have nothing to do with us as
long as We keep any old grudge We have
al been cheated and he'd about. There are
people who dislike US so much that if we
shouII come down to poverty and disgrace.
they would say: ''Good for him! Didn't L
tell you soF' They never have understood
uS, and never will. They do not understand
~ Unsanctiiied human nature says: wait
til You get good crack at him, and when at
last you tin1 him in tight p,a,e, give it to
him. Flay him alive. no quarter Leave
not rag of reputssiol. Jump on hira with
both feed. Pay him in his owa coin--sarcasm
for sarcasm, scOrn for seorn. abuse for abuse"
But, my friends, that is not the right kind Of
heart. No man ever did 50 mean a thing
toward us as we have done toward Col
And if we cannot forgive others, how can we
expect God to forgive US! Thousands o. men
havs been kept out of heaven by an unfor-
giving heart.
Here is some one who says: "I will forgive
that man the wrong he did me about that
house and lot; will forgive that man who
ovorreachei me in a barg ain; will forgive
that man who sold me a sholdy oyercoat: /
forgive them al-all blt ons. That man can
not forgive The viliain-i can hardly keep
my hands of of him If my goiny to Heaven
depends on my forgiving him, then will
stay out" Wrong f93ing! II q man lie to
ma once, | am not called to trust him again.
If a man betray mo onc9, | am not called to
put confidence IN him again. Bat would
have no rest II | could not oGef q sincere
prayer for the temporal aud everlasting vel
lara of all men, whatever mcanness
and outrage they have inflicted upon
me. II you want to get your heart
right, strike match AMI burn up all your
old grulges and blow tbs ashes away. "If
you forgive not men their trespaSses, neither
will your heavenly Father forgive you your
trespassas" An old Christian black woman
was going along the streets of New YORK.
with basket Of apples that she had for sale
A rough sailor ran against her ana upset the
basket, and stood back expecting to hear her
scold frightfully but she stopped down and
picked M the apples and said: God forgive
you, my son, az do" 1ha sailor saw the
meanness OF what he had done aud felt i'll
his pocket for his money, and insisted that
she should take it all. Though she was black
he called her mother and said: "Forgive
me, mother; l will never do ANYTHING so
mean again" All! there is a power in for
giving spirit TO overcome all hardness.
There is no way Of conquering men Ike that
OF bestowing upon them your pardon,
whether they will accept it or not.
Again, right heart Is an eXpectant heart
1t is u poor business to be building castles in
the air. Enjoy what you have now. Don't
spoil your comfort in the small house be-
cause you expect larger one. Don't fret
about your incoma when it is IS or 81 per day
because you expect TO have after awhile
$40 per day,or $1,000 q year, because you OK
pect it to be $2OOOD year. But about heav
euy things, the more we think the better.
Those castles are not in the air, but on the
hills, and we have deed of them in our posses
SON like to see a man all full OF heaven.
he talks heaven. He sings heaven. He
prays heaven He dreams heaven Some OF
Us in our sleep have had tho good place cpen
to us. We saw the pnnacle5 in the sky. We
heard tie click OF the ho0fs Of the white
horses on which victOrS rode, AMI the clap
ping of the cymbals Of eternal triumph Aud
while III our sleep we were glad that all our
SOl1 0wS were over, and burdens done
with, the throne of God grew whter whit-r
and whittier, till we openel our eyes aud saw
that it was only the sun OF the earthly morn
ing shining On our pillow. To have right
lINCl JOu w bt liIltFt WIFI GiliS SAD ADCS-
fancy. Ii would mako your privations and
annoyauces more bedrable.
Some talk of heaven rs though it were a
handsome church, where few favored SDll-
its would com9 il aud sit down OF finely
cushioned seats all by themselves and sing
psalms to all eternity. No, no. 81 saw Il
great multitude that no man could number
Standing before the throne. He that talked
with me had golden sel to measure the
city and is was u 000 ,lougs'-that is, l 800
miles in circumferene Ahl heaven is not a
little colony at one corner OF Gots do
! mtnion where a mans entrance depends upon
what kind of clothes he has on his back and
! how much money he has in his purse, but O
vast empire God grant that the light OF
that blessed world may shine upon us in our
last moment.
The toughest time we had in crossing ths
ocean was Mt the mouth of Liverpool harbor.
Wearrivei at nightfall and were obliged to
lie there till the morning waiting for the
rising of the tide before we could go up tc
the city. How the vessel pitched aud
writhed in the water So sometimes the last
| illness Of the Christian is a struggle. He is
almost through the voyage. The waves OF
! temptation toss the soul, but be waits for the
morning. At last the light dawns and the
! tides OF JOY arise iii his soul and he sails up
and casts anchor within the veil.
Is thy heart rightl What question can
! COIuUCilS WlJl IllIS III
! 1t is a business question. Do you not realize
( that you wilt soon have to go out of that
store; that you will soon have to resign that
! partnership; that soon among all the millions
I of dollars worth of gooiS that are sold in
I New York you will not Ne th2 handling OF
| a yard of cloth or po, Y OF sugar, or q pen.
! nyworth of anything Chat soon il confla-
/ grafton should start at Central Park AMI
/ sweep everything to tire Battery, it would
I not disturb you; that soon if every cashier
| should abSccnd, and every insurance COM
/ pany should fail, it would not affect you
| What are the questions that stop this side the
! grave compared with the questions that
reach beyond it; Are you making losses that
are to be everlastngs Are you making pur.
! chases for eternityl Are you jobbing fol
| time when you might be wholesaling foI
| etsrnityl What question OF the store is 81
! broad at the base and 50 altitudinous and sc
! overwhelming as the question: rs thy heart
! rightl"
| Or is it a domestic question: Is It some
! thing about father, or mother, or companion
| or son, or daughter, that you think is CO n
! parable with this question i'll imporJancA' Du
! you not realize thar by universal and lnexor-
| able law all these relations will be broken up
| Your father will be gone, your mother will
! be gone, your companion will be gone, your
child will be gone, you will be gone; and then
! this supernal question will begin to harvest
us cnleI Balns or ueplOre lIS WOrsG LOSSES, ron
up into its mightiest magnitude, or sweep It's
! vast circles. What difference now does il
! make to Napoleon III whether he triumphed
or surrendered at Sedans whether he lived al
| the Tuileries or at ChiselhuTsti whether ht
was Emperor or exile2 They laid him out il
his coffin in the dress Of q field marshal Die
that give him any better chance for the next
world than il he had been laid dut II
a plain shroud2 And soon to Us
what will be the difference whether
| In this world we rode or walked
| were bowed to or nlaltreate1, wer,
applauded or hisse1 at, were welcomed in OF
kicked out, while laying hold of every mo
meut of the great future and burning in al
the sp'endor Of grief and overarching anC
undergoing all time and all eternity is the